Heel for boots and shoes.



L. L. SHARPNECK.

HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATlON FILED 0504. ms.

1,270,449, vlutvntm l Jum 2.3, 1918.

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HEEL 190R BQOTS AND SHGES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December t, 1916. tierial No. 1%,5'25.

To all whom it? may concern: 1 I

Be it known that 1. Enter. L. Sinpirxncic;

ticularly to such heels when constructed in part of wood.

One object of the invention isto so construct. a heel for boots or shoes whereby the perimeter of the heel may-be exposed while the top and. bottom edges of said heel, either or both, may be confined and protected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a heel for boots or'shoes in which minor imperfections at the edges may be hidden from view.

Qther objects of the invention illappea'r from the following description.

. The invention consists in the improved heel as will hereinafter, be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1, represents a side view of the improved heel. I Fig. .2, represents a view 10 oking toward the front of the heel.

Fig. 3, represents a sectional view taken on line 3-3 Fig. 1.

Simllar characters of reference designate corresponding partsythroughout.

As shown in the drawings and without thereby limiting the invention in its broader aspects the invention is shown. in its pre "t erred specific embodiment, as appliedto the heel 5 of a shape often employed in'the manufacture of ladies shoes and; from its shape, particularly adapted to emphasize some of the advantages of this improvement.

Heels ot' a shape approximating that shown in the drawings and indicated by reference numeral 5 are or may be constructed from' wood, Wood or leather pulp and o'ther shitable material shaped to the required pattern by cutting; or molding or by some other Well known method to produce a heel of graceful design.

In the production of heels of such grace fut design the perimetral curves of the heel usually terminate at UDCiLUIQS with recentral portion ofplatle t) preferahlyfi Patented d'unefifi', 1918.

ve'rsely curved or fiat surfaces 21nd,. perforce, the lines of uncturc of these parts are often quite sharp. In the heelsho'wn the periinetral curve; or curved surfaces a and I) meet the reversely curved seat or concavity c at such a line of juncture that the comparatively sharp edge. d is produced and it. often happens that atl'some stage in theprocess of n'uinufacture this edge (I is chipped or slightly broken. 'It is also found that; atand after the attachment of the heel to a shoethe edge (I is not. sutticiently strong to resist. the spreading pressure brought. thereagainst and hence the edge (l is'quite ofteusplitor broken by such pressure; The;

t'ault of splitting or nit-king at the juncture between the perimetral curves wand the flat lower end 6 of said heel is also ohviotts} One of the important- 'ob ects of this in-' \jention is to confine and protect the com- I paratively sharp lines or shoulders of june-.

titre between the curses a and 0 and also .be-

t-iveenthe curves at and the flat surface-e and also to improve the appearance of the el. I 'i In carrying this invention into practice I curves a, 1) meeting the concavity 0 at the upper part of said heel and meeting thcflat surface 6 at the lower end of said heel.

sition in part by its edge or margin- '4" which is rolled over the shoulder d' of heel 5 as shown and covers and confines said shoulder (1 following the curve of. said shoulder cpnstruct or provide. a heel.5 ofleather," v end or of any ell known material and, in

preferred form, having; a shape sub-- 'stantiaily 'as shown "with the periinetral The; concavity 0 may be morejor less than that; shown, and wiil depend largelyuponthe' arounrithe sides and rear of theheel. {,Tlte I cured to the heel 5 hymeans of the nails r tacks 8, 8 driven through the plate 6 at into the body of the heel. and actingto death,

and hold the center of'said plate 6 ima es.-

formation with said concavity o.

Plate or. member 9 fits against the flat lower end of heel 5 and has the lip or was gin 10, 11, turned upward and inward respp'ctirely ovefithe line of juncture between the curvedfsurface a and said flat surface e 1 and between the latter and the curve o. This plate 9 is also further secured in place by the-'tacks'lil. 12 driven through said plate 9 into the body of the heel. It is also usual to secure a leather or other well known heel lift L imposition as indicated in Fig. 1.

The plates 6 and 9 are of metal or material of a color or colors preferably in contrast to the color of heel and add to the artistic appearance of the heel. The margin 7 of splitting of the edge portions. 7

.Having thus described my invention I claim asncw and desire to secure by Letters Patent. y

l. A heel for boots and shoes comprising i aheel body having at its upper end a memher having a marginal lip extending downward over the perimeter of the heel body, confining theupper edge of said body and terminating at the pcrimetric surface of said body close to said edge.

-52. A heel for boots and shoes comprising aheel body having at its upper end a concave metal late having its margin extending outward eyond the edge of the heel body and downward and inward confining said edge.

3. A heel for boots and shoes comprising a heel body having at its upper end a concavity embraced by a thin edge of said heel body, and a thin metal plate member fitting said concavity and having its nun-gin extending outward beyond and inward confining said thin edge of the heel body and having its edge bearing against the perimetric surface of said body.

4. A heel for boots and shoes comprising a heel body having at its upper end a plate extending outward beyond the heel body and having its margin turned inward to confine an edge portion of said body, and a second plate located against the lower end ofsaid heel body and having its margin turned up outside said body, the margins of said rcspcctive plates spaced apart.

ELIEL L. SIIARPNECK. 

